After going to the United States, what should I do with China’s social security?

How do American immigrants apply for a social security card in the United States?

The social security card is an important cornerstone of the American system. In banks, insurance companies and government agencies, everyone is reduced to a 9-digit social security card number. After you have this number, any procedures, documents, financial investments, credit ratings, etc. related to you will be stored in the computer using this 9-digit number. Therefore, after immigrating to the United States, it is very important for American immigrants to apply for a social security card.

When doing business in the United States, conversations that require identity information are almost always the same pattern. The first sentence the staff says is "Hello", and the second sentence must be "What is your social security card number?" Go to the bank, go to the insurance company, go to the company to report, as long as you need to prove your identity, or it is related to your identity. This is true for everyone, without exception.

When you apply for a job, the company's HR manager will definitely ask for your social security card number and conduct a background check before sending you a job invitation letter. Whether your background is innocent or not is not other people's circumstantial evidence in the United States, but your social security card. Whether you have a criminal record or whether you have unpaid debts will be recorded here for you. It can be said that if you want to do something, you have to "run naked" in front of the staff.

After you have gone through the relevant procedures and applied for a social security card, when the Social Security Number Office sends you the information, it will friendly remind you not to put the social security card in your wallet to prevent it from being stolen. In other words, money can be stolen, but Social Security cards cannot. Because Americans seem to be relatively simple compared to us. We are a society of acquaintances, while others are a society of rules. We recognize names but not people. The staff member takes your social security number, and he only recognizes your number. No matter whether the person standing in front of him is Asan of India or Cleopatra, Americans will recognize that the person in front of him has this number, and all responsibilities It will all be borne by you. If someone holds your social security card, they can use your social security card to apply for a credit card, open a bank account, etc. and make you bankrupt; or they can directly pretend to be you, apply for a driver's license, put their own photo on it, and steal your tax refund. Or government benefits. In the United States, this is called "identity theft." The consequences of identity theft can be serious.

The United States is very strict about the application and management of social security cards, especially after "9·11". The U.S. government stipulates that foreign students coming to the United States are not allowed to apply for a social security card if they do not have a job. However, the American concept of work may be different from our understanding. In other words, it is relatively rigid and has no specific definition of what kind of work it is. Without real "work", no one will do such a thing for you, because no one wants to try their own way. The United States is a society where everything must be done in accordance with the law.